Tag: The Square
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Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness, Magdala, The Natural History of Destruction
Triangle of Sadness stands as the conclusion of what Ruben Östlund has recently deemed a trilogy about “being male in our times.” (It will not be a quartet.) As with the middle entry of said triptych (his 2017 Palme d’Or-winner The Square), Triangle is a movie of set pieces blanketed by a shapeshifting social critique…
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The Triangle of Sadness review – heavy-handed satire on the super-rich loses its shape
The new film from Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund takes aim at obvious targets, and makes a mess of hitting themStrident, derivative and dismayingly deficient in genuine laughs, Ruben Östlund’s new movie is a heavy-handed Euro-satire, without the subtlety and insight of his breakthrough movie Force Majeure, or the power of his comparable Palme-winning spectacle…
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Forest Whitaker To Be Awarded Honorary Palme D’Or At Cannes
This month, the Cannes Film Festival will be celebrating its 75th anniversary. The fest’s current highest honor, the Palme D’Or, was first awarded in 1955 to Delbert Mann’s working-class romance “Marty,” and has gone to, in recent years, “Titane,” “Parasite,” “Shoplifters,” and “The Square.” Honorary Palme D’Ors are not awarded every year, and are typically…
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Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat’s ‘Official Competition’ Is A Crowd-Pleasing Comedy That Skewers Film-World Pretensions [Venice Review]
There are shades of Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square”, if it were remade to target the film world, in Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s crowd-pleasing Spanish comedy “Official Competition” starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. Controlled pacing, visual punchlines, and an insider knowledge of the varied pretensions within filmmaking make this a consistently amusing – if…
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‘The Square’ Helmer Ruben Ostlund on Filming ‘Triangle of Sadness’ With Woody Harrelson During Pandemic (Exclusive)
Ruben Östlund, the Palme d’Or-winning director of “The Square,” did not binge-watch series on a couch during the pandemic. Instead, Östlund, who received the 2021 Nordic Honorary Dragon Award on Thursday, told Variety that he had the time of his life shooting “Triangle of Sadness,” his most ambitious film to date, in exotic locations with…
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Film News Roundup: Woody Harrelson Starring in Satire ‘Triangle of Sadness’
In today’s film news roundup, Woody Harrelson will star in a satire, Kaitlyn Dever will be honored, and the docs “Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band” and “Before the Plate” find distribution.CastingsWoody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean have signed to star in Ruben Östlund’s upcoming satire “Triangle Of Sadness.”The movie, set against the world…
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Watch the 2018 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won the Palme d’Or
After more than a week of screenings, the time has come to find out which films will win the major prizes at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, including the prestigious Palme d’Or. The awards will be decided by this year’s official jury, led by president Cate Blanchett. Other jury members include Lea Seydoux, Denis Villeneuve,…
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Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps and Roland Moller Join Imperative’s ‘Lyrebird’
Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps, and Roland Moller are set to star in Imperative Entertainment pic “Lyrebird” with Ridley Scott on board to produce.The film tells the true story of Dutch folk hero Han Van Meegeren, who swindled millions of dollars from the Nazis by selling them forgeries of Johannes Vermeer paintings and is…
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Claes Bang Joins Christopher Walken, Elizabeth Debicki in ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’
Claes Bang (“The Square”) has joined “The Burnt Orange Heresy,” the neo-noir thriller from Giuseppe Capotondi (“Suburra”).The Danish actor joins Christopher Walken (“Catch Me if You Can”) and Elizabeth Debicki (“The Night Manager”) in the picture, which HanWay Films will introduce to buyers in Cannes. HanWay has international rights with UTA Independent Film Group managing…
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‘Call Me by Your Name’ Pulled From Beijing Film Festival
Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name,” which just won an Oscar for adapted screenplay, has been pulled from the Beijing Film Festival by the event’s organizers.The festival’s removal of the gay-themed coming-of-age film – first reported by Reuters – comes as Chinese authorities tighten their control over media content. Earlier this month, China’s rubber-stamp…